Climate change is the defining crisis of the century, yet policy responses remain dramatically inadequate — not because the science is uncertain, but because the fossil fuel industry has spent decades and billions of dollars lobbying against regulation, funding climate denial, and greenwashing their public image.
Gen Us covers climate and energy because the gap between scientific consensus and political action is a direct product of corporate influence. Fossil fuel companies knew about climate change as early as the 1970s and chose to fund doubt rather than adapt. Today, they have shifted to greenwashing — claiming climate leadership while expanding production.
We trace fossil fuel lobbying and campaign contributions, document greenwashing claims against actual emissions data, analyze how media coverage of climate is shaped by energy industry advertising, and track the revolving door between energy companies and regulatory agencies.
The reporting trail
New evidence joins the permanent record here, so each investigation remains connected to the larger system.
Donald Trump said an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was effective immediately, but Al Jazeera reported on October 13 that neither Moscow nor Kyiv had publicly confirmed an agreement. Within hours, Ukraine reported Russian strikes on energy facilities, followed by blackouts, power rationing and civilian casualties.
Christa Pike survived two pentobarbital injections on September 30, 2026, and was hospitalized in critical condition, while Tennessee Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada prepared to resign. The central accountability question is not whether one official leaves, but whether Tennessee can identify and disclose the institutional decisions and safeguards behind a failed execution.
Florida Phoenix reported that Chuck Schumer said Democrats would block Donald Trump’s judicial nominees if they regain Senate control, including nominees for a possible Supreme Court vacancy. The source characterized the remarks as signaling that Democrats would hold such a vacancy open until after the next presidential election, but no primary transcript or independent account is preserved. Separately, the Supreme Court is reviewing a dispute over bond hearings for detained immigrants.
The BBC reports that Donald Trump signed a 48-page Russia and Iran sanctions law that gives him broad power to impose tariffs of up to 100% on major purchasers of Russian oil and gas. The available record shows a reported presidential authority, not whether Congress made enforcement automatic or tightly limited the president’s discretion.
Reporting says the State Department has notified Congress of a proposed sale of up to 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, with outlets estimating its value at $24.3 billion. The sale remains subject to congressional scrutiny. The Times of India reports that the package was sent to two congressional committees for informal approval, but the supplied record does not identify the committees, review deadline, formal notification, or binding safeguards governing technology security, end use, or civilian harm.
The Congressional Budget Office, according to reporting by The Guardian, estimated that the Iran war had cost at least $38 billion and said the Defense Department did not respond to requests for information. The reported gap leaves repair and future diplomatic and foreign-aid costs unestimated, while the CBO could not examine $12.1 billion in classified programs included in a supplemental request.
Reuters reports that the Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion package containing 40,000 heavy bombs for Israel and has informally communicated it to relevant congressional committees. The scale is damning without viral Hiroshima math: after documented civilian deaths involving U.S.-made munitions, Washington is again moving heavy bombs through a process the public cannot yet fully inspect.
Middle East Monitor separately reported that Marc Rowan gave $1.5 million to the AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project and that he is an executive member of Donald Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace. The current Gen Us tracker records $251.7 million in reported campaign resources and independent expenditures, but the supplied evidence shows spending scale and a reported juxtaposition, not temporal overlap, causation, or policy control.
The Energy Information Administration forecasts average U.S. retail gasoline prices of $3.90 per gallon in 2026, based on its June 9 outlook. EIA’s July review documents second-quarter volatility, inventory declines, stronger U.S. exports, and higher refinery-margin indicators during disruptions to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz.